Castle Towers Food Precinct

RetailCastle Hill NSW

Collaborating with Sydney artist Oliver Watts, the food precinct completed within phase one of Castle Towers’ $180 million integrated transport and retail hub offers an emotive centrifuge for visitors to linger within. Forest references, superior material choices, and specialised lighting augment its immersive offering.A series of Melaleucapaperbark forest paintings by the artist Oliver Watts were the source of the environmental graphic art features. Enabling an immersive experience sitting under a symbolic tree canopy, over-scaled plywood hoods hover above the central seating arrangements. The Autumnal shades found in the Australian natives were extracted into pixelated forms, informing the gradient shading of the powder-coated aluminium paddles surrounding the pods like scales of coloured bark. Beneath, the artist’s brush was unleashed upon upholstery fabrics, laminated tables and raised bar surfaces.